Helen Kane (August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was a popular American Singer of the 1920's. Her Signature song was I Wanna be Loved by you. It had been discovered that Helen Kane had swiped the "Boop" scat singing style from a African American performer by the name of "Baby Esther" and used it in the show Goodboy in 1928. Helen Kane was half of the inspiration for the creation of "Betty Boop" the other half was Clara Bow. Helen's signature song today can be heard by Betty Boop who has made it her own signature song, due to the fact that Marilyn Monroe, who was paying tribute to Kane in "Some Like It Hot" performed the song, Betty is mostly associated with pin-ups and Marilyn in general, so Betty made it her signature song. I Wanna Be Loved By You has been performed by many artists and is still a popular song to this very day, since it first debuted by Helen Kane in the 1928 show Goodboy.

Helen Kane died of breast cancer in 1966 and had been married twice, and had "no children" and lives on in the hearts of people today like Cyndi Lauper, Ginger Pauley, Molly Ringwald, ect.

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